Tuesday 9 October 2007

What happened in 1925?

The little town Hajduszoboszlo - located 200km far from the capital Budapest and just 20km far from the the area center Debrecen - was a muddy, dusty place after World War I. A few years later came the turning point when Dr. Ferenc Vajna Pavai launched a research project to find hydrocarbonates in the summer of 1924. He settled the place of the first drilling in Banonkert where all the spas and resort hotels take place in the present day.

While searching for hydrocarbones, a 73 C thermal spring, with a healing power that was proved shortly afterwards, was found 1091 metres below the surface.
The drilling process had taken about 1 year. Chemical analysis showed that the water is medicinal.
This brownish, velvet-like, hot treasure of the Earth's depths had flood nearby surface dents and ditches and local people soon began to bathe and wash their clothes in it. And the amazement did not stop. They soon realised that the water simply performed miracles.Wounds eased faster and rheumatic ills eased.

The forefather of today's spa center opened its doors 26th July 1927. This facility rapidly developed into a modern thermal spa and soonly became the Mekka of the thermal water lovers.

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